Lyft (LYFT) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)
Lyft (LYFT) recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, down 6.86% quarter-over-quarter from $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, and up 11.95% on a YoY basis from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025.
Lyft (LYFT) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Lyft's Operating Expenses history runs 9 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.7 billion for Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 11.95% year-over-year to $1.7 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $6.7 billion (up 10.55% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $6.5 billion, up 10.16% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses was $1.7 billion for Q1 2026 at Lyft, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.8 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.1 billion in Q1 2022.
- Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $1.4 billion across 5 years, with a median of $1.5 billion in 2024.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses surged 42.42% in 2022, then slipped 27.46% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then dropped by 27.46% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then grew by 18.49% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then increased by 16.78% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then retreated by 6.86% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 238.14 Bn | 220.17 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -7.98 Bn |
| 2 | Full Truck Alliance | 166.83 Bn | 164.28 Bn | - | -269.42 Mn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 150.36 Bn | 149.32 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 11.28 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 147.75 Bn | 142.01 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 5 | Salesforce | 140.39 Bn | 128.55 Bn | 8.56 Bn | 6.22 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 105.73 Bn | 104.32 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 7 | ServiceNow | 105.42 Bn | 100.24 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.33 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 89.57 Bn | 86.34 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 9 | Adobe | 85.05 Bn | 78.16 Bn | 5.90 Bn | 3.67 Bn |
| 10 | Lyft | 5.64 Bn | 3.91 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 1.66 Bn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.66 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.78 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.66 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.59 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.48 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 1.52 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.58 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.46 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.34 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.28 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.20 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.18 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 1.22 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 1.77 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 1.34 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.36 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.07 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.24 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.07 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 1.01 Bn |